The console was bought in the eighties and we have been the sole
owner. It has been carefully maintained by our technicians and
is in excellent working order. You can see our “Clients”
page to have an idea of the albums and television shows we recorded
through it.

The Soundcraft
site has an history of the 1624 series, as well as complete user
guides.

Asking price is 6000 Canadian Dollars (click here
for international currency conversion). The console is in Montreal,
Canada and can be shipped worldwide. If you are interested, please
call or email so we can discuss price and shipping.

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From Soundcraft: Series 1624

Launched in late 1979, the 1624 was conceived as ‘A 16/24
track recording console for the 1980’s’. The console
continued the philosophy of the ‘Split Format’, which
allowed engineer and producer to work side-by-side at the console,
the producer safely experimenting with the monitor mix on the
right hand side of the console, whilst the engineer concentrated
on what was going to tape from the inputs on the left.
The console was built in a new modern frame, and used flat ribbon
cables for the first time as bussing, rather than hard motherboards,
and new types of pots and switches which were more precise in
operation. New control knobs were also used, and for the first
time were custom-made for Soundcraft, rather than the off-the-shelf
knobs of earlier consoles.
Features were similar to the 3B, but more integrated into the
main modules, so that manufacturing was easier. There was a meterbridge
that appeared to ‘float’ above the console, and this
only contained meters, rather than the routing switches of the
3 and 3B. The routing on the 1624 was integrated into the input
modules. The output section had the most comprehensive monitor
section yet, with a three band EQ with sweep mid, and a unique
arrangement of floating Pan and Aux sends, which could be assigned
to either the group, for subgrouping, or the monitor section,
for recording.
Although the console only had 16 groups, 24-track recording was
possible via automatic patchbay normalling, and an optional 24-track
monitor module was available which contained 8 simple monitor
returns.
Tape interface was on built-in EDAC connectors, designed to interface
directly with the Soundcraft 760-Series tape machines.